Bio
Kendall Ciesemier () was the host of At Liberty and the Senior Executive Producer of Multimedia at the ACLU.
Previously, Kendall worked as a producer and reporter for The New York Times' Opinion section and Mic, a digital media company. Most notably at Mic, Kendall's interview with Alice Marie Johnson, a woman serving a life without parole sentence for a first-time nonviolent drug offense, inspired Kim Kardashian West to get involved in Johnson's case. Kardashian West then successfully lobbied President Trump to grant Johnson clemency and Kendall produced a series of reported pieces alongside the effort, catapulting the story to make international headlines and result in real-world impact.
Kendall has appeared on The Oprah Show with President Clinton, the TODAY Show, and CBS This Morning. She’s was named the 2014 Glamour Magazine College Woman of the Year, a Chicagoan of the Year by Chicago Magazine, a Zeitgeist Young Mind by Google, and one of Youth Service America’s “Top 25 Most Powerful and Influential Young People.”
Kendall is a graduate of Georgetown University.
Featured work
Jul 7, 2022
The State of Our Democracy With Anthony Romero
Jun 24, 2022
Post Roe: The Supreme Court Won’t Stop at Abortion
Jun 16, 2022
What Does Abortion Care Look Like Post-Roe? Look to Texas.
Jun 9, 2022
How Dismantling Roe Puts Interracial Marriage at Risk
Jun 2, 2022
Alok Vaid-Menon Wants You to Reimagine Gender
May 26, 2022
Southern Abortion Activists Share Their Playbook
May 19, 2022
The Impact of Intergenerational Immigrant Trauma
